deprecatory : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: deprecatory	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for deprecatory
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deprecatory adj tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark" Synonym(s): belittling, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, slighting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deprecatory \Dep"recatory\, a. [L. deprecatorius.] Serving to deprecate; tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; apologetic. Humble and deprecatory* letters. --Bacon.